You know, maybe I'm just bored sitting here snowed in, but I think a lot of crap is being talked about quarter tones.
Any good horn player with two ears capable of hearing a quarter tone difference in pitch will have no difficulty playing them using exactly the same techniques used to play a Mozart Horn Concerto or practice scales. You need to listen to what is coming out of the bell, and if its not in tune compensate! I don't really see how tuning one side of the horn or adding extra valves will help. In fact these methods will probably just get in the way and delude the insecure player into thinking he/she has "hit" the right note just because there is a quarter tone "button" to press! As to a book of "Etudes" or Manuals, well if folks find it interesting and already plays so well they are constantly being booked by the "fixer" then great. Good luck to them. However, the few times I need to play them I just use my ears if I think it matters and use my imagination if it doesn't! Francis On 27 Dec 2010, at 23:34, Steve Haflich wrote: > [email protected] wrote: > > I had thought of this before though. With quarter tones, wouldn't it be > easier to set one side of the horn in pitch down slightly (say the F side) > and > then use the Bb side primarily? Then you switch to the F side for quarter > tones and you're done. > > Lowering the F horn a quarter step requires adding a little less than > 4.5 inches of tubing. I suppose many horns have 2.25 inches of extra F > tuning slide, at least until you need play on a very hot day and that > extra tuning slack is necessary just to get the horn down to pitch. > > It's an interesting approach, though, and probably a lot easier to think > about than remembering less familiar valve combinations. > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/solohorn%40mac.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
